• Ford’s CEO said Tesla’s Cybertruck is for “Silicon Valley people” not “real people who do real work.”
  • Jim Farley said Tesla’s pickup truck won’t compete with the F-150 Lightning.
  • Tesla is expected to release the EV pickup later this year, but it’s been delayed several times.
  • Flaky_Fish69
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    12 years ago

    even the gas versions, the Dodge ProMaster, Ford Transits and Nissan NV’s outperform. their fuel efficient, they have lower-to-the-ground beds allowing less lifting to get stuff in the bed size is larger- and lockable. and they cost less than their pick up counter parts

    hell, I know a guy that delver’s pallets of printed…things… in a prius, and would sniff at a pickup.

    • Aesthesiaphilia
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      12 years ago

      The thing that would make it work for me is free charging at work, which would also be one of the customers whose junk I’d be disposing. $0 fuel costs.

      But the cost of the truck is just too much

      • @SoManyChoices
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        12 years ago

        If you could get through a day without needing to use a fast charger, it might still work. Overnight charging on a slow level 2 is cheap. Needing to do a 20 minute top-up at a fast charger gets expensive in a hurry.

        • Aesthesiaphilia
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          12 years ago

          Yeah it’s got a 300+ mile range, which is more than enough for me, even hauling. I don’t commute super long distances.